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viporras's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, Violence, Slavery, Genocide, Racism, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, War, and Death
victoriarose12's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Slavery, Racism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Addiction and Murder
torturedreadersdept's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Classism, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Misogyny, Deportation, Antisemitism, Child death, Police brutality, Slavery, and Xenophobia
wanderlustsleeping's review against another edition
At first I was intrigued by the notion and usage of caste and the comparison to India, the Nazi Regime, and the history of slavery and African-Americans in the U.S. but at almost half way through I had just had enough. For any person even slightly educated or familiar with these harrowing matters, nothing new is being said, and I just kept having to listen about the pain and horrifying events done to so many people, with a huge emphasis on my black ancestors. It hurt for me to listen to these stories. I was sticking with it for educational purposes, but switching out “black” and “white” for caste-coded pseudonyms, wasn’t enough to teach me anything new, it was just me having to hear these horrifying stories all over again.
Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Racism, and Slavery
morethanmylupus's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia
tanyafrey's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Xenophobia, Classism, Slavery, Racism, and Hate crime
atamano's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Racial slurs, Torture, Classism, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Genocide, Slavery, Physical abuse, Violence, and Racism
sydapel's review against another edition
Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Genocide, Racism, War, Xenophobia, Violence, Slavery, Sexism, Racial slurs, and Murder
Moderate: Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, and Terminal illness
f18's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, Murder, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Slavery
Moderate: Suicide, War, and Classism
Minor: Mass/school shootings, Rape, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Colonisation
fromjuliereads's review against another edition
There were anecdotes from the author's own experiences which lended to proving the points outlined. And some of the information provided was interesting, important, difficult, brought forth a lot of thoughts. I especially found it interesting when Wilkerson discussed the Black anthropologists who went to the South, as this was not something I had heard about previously. And I liked having some of the references to things I had studied about or seen in Germany.
The one thing I will say is that sometimes the switches between the three caste systems felt jarring, as it flipped from one to another in a single paragraph or page. I think it could have been laid out more cleanly where it didn't feel like a tangent.
But all in all, definitely a book that should be read widely.
(I'm not adding a rating for non fiction because I never know how to rate them properly.)
Graphic: Antisemitism, Body shaming, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery
Minor: Child death, Colonisation, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, and Xenophobia
Lynchings are discussed, treatments of Dalits in India